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The Franco-Texan Land Co.

Description: Business correspondence written on letterhead from the late 19th century. Letterhead contains stylized text of business name and text reading: "The Company Has a large amount of lands for sale or lease in Parker, Palo Pinto, Stephens, Shackelford, Callahan, Jones, Taylor, Nolan, Fisher and Mitchell counties"; "Lands Will be sold in Tracts to suit purchasers, and either for cash or long credit. The Company has no Local Agents. Apply direct to this office." Letterhead includes the names A. J. Hoo… more
Date: 1889
Partner: Texas General Land Office

Gate.

Description: Patent for a new and improved gate. This design consists in "the sill-beams, grooved . . . the trip-bars secured in said grooves and pivotally supported at one end, and connections between the opposite ends of the trip-bars and the gate" (lines 83-87).
Date: September 14, 1886
Creator: Tipton, Phylander S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Draft-Equalizer

Description: Patent for a draft-equalizer which is an apparatus adapted to be used for, "three draft animals, one pulling against two animals.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: McCall, Robert A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Harvester

Description: Patent for improvements in construction and arrangement of machines that harvest cotton.
Date: July 2, 1889
Creator: Cunningham, James Franklin, Sr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Harvester.

Description: Patent for improvements to cotton harvesting devices, with instructions and illustrations.
Date: March 15, 1892
Creator: Cunningham, James F. & Dingee, William W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Coverlet Holder

Description: Patent for "new and useful coverlet holder, and its object is to provide a device that will...support a coverlet or quilt at a slight elevation above a bed," (lines 8-11).
Date: August 11, 1914
Creator: Persson, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Combined Cattle-Guard and Halter.

Description: Patent for a combined cattle guard and halter, which prevents cattle from breaking through a fence while allowing them freedom of movement.
Date: August 23, 1910
Creator: Owens, Delona D. & Steele, Joseph J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cotton-Picker's Sack.

Description: Patent for improvements to Cotton-Picker's Sacks "to permit the bag or sack to be opened longitudinally to permit quick and convenient emptying of the contents thereof" (lines 12-15).
Date: March 1, 1921
Creator: White, Benjoman Henry
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Churn.

Description: Patent for a churn that is easy to use and efficient.
Date: February 8, 1910
Creator: Huggins, Thompson A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Bed or Douche Pan.

Description: Patent for improvements in bed or douche pans, in which it will not spill easily and is easy to clean. Illustration is included.
Date: August 17, 1909
Creator: Williams, Bettie C. & Scott, Arthur C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Tying Device for Hay-Balers

Description: Patent for improvement to the former patent by the same creator for a tying device for hay-balers. These improvements increase productivity and efficiency of the previous tying device design.
Date: September 16, 1913
Creator: Leavitt, William H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Branding-Iron

Description: Patent for a branding iron that expends less fuel than similar brands due to its combustion chamber that is able to better concentrate its heat towards the applied surface.
Date: December 26, 1911
Creator: Thurman, Lee Onadus
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Baling-Press

Description: Patent for a bailing press machine designed to be more efficient and durable. Illustrations included.
Date: December 3, 1907
Creator: Jones, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Fire-Escape.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Automatic Fire-Escapes" (lines 5-6), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 26, 1913
Creator: Thompson, Herman E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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